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On June 6, 1970 at 12:00 AM, Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng - Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng experienced a crash involving Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, operated by United States Air Force - USAF, with the event recorded near South China Sea All World.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 10.0%.

Crew on board: 10, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. En route on a night gunship mission, the captain informed ground that he lost a propeller blade on the left engine. He elected to return to Ðà N<U+1EB5>ng Airport but eventually decided to continue over the South China Sea where all 10 crew members abandoned the aircraft that crashed into the sea. Nine occupants were found alive while the body of the 10th crew member (T/Sgt Clyde Douglas Alloway) was not recovered.

Aircraft reference details include registration 52-5935, MSN 11114, year of manufacture 1952.